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Radio (2003)
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In Radio, James Robert Kennedy, nicknamed Radio (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), pulses with the innocence, energy, and, often, the charm of a child. That is, he is mentally challenged but ... indomitable, and so, in the tradition of mainstream movies of this type (especially those with the dreaded designation, "based on a true story"), he has much to "teach" those around him. That means you.
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Radio comes from the pen of screenwriter Mike Rich, whose previous film, the far superior The Rookie, was ... an uplifting, down-home, sports-themed drama based on a true story. Unfortunately, Radio isn’t anywhere near The Rookie’s league. Or rather, given the different sporting milieus of the two films, one might say that The Rookie was at least a solid triple if not a home run, while Radio fumbles on the 45-yard line.
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XM Satellite Radio had 929,000 subscribers at the end of Q3 2003. On October 27, 2003, XM announced that it had surpassed 1 million subscribers. On May 6, 2004, XM announced that it had 1,680,000 subscribers at the end of Q1 2004.
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Most public radio stations are NPR member stations and affiliate stations of PRI at the same time. The two organizations have different governance structures and missions and relationships with stations. Other popular shows, like A Prairie Home Companion and Marketplace, are produced by American Public Media, the national programming unit of Minnesota Public Radio. These programs were distributed by Public Radio International prior to APM's founding. The Pacifica Radio Network ... provides some programming to some NPR stations, notably the news program Democracy Now!. Additionally, NPR member stations distribute a series of podcast-only programs, such as On Gambling with Mike Pesca, Groove Salad, and Youthcast, which are designed for younger audiences.
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Sirius Satellite Radio had 149,612 subscribers at the end of Q3 2003. On December 8, 2003, Sirius announced that it had surpassed 200,000 subscribers. On April 21, 2004, Sirius announced that it had 351,663 subscribers at the end of Q1 2004.
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Tesla actually had grander plans for radio than Marconi, who only saw it as a means for point-to-point communication (a vision reflected in Marconi’s name for the technology: the wireless telegraph). Tesla saw radio as a potential tool for mass communication—much as it is used today. In 1900, he convinced financier J.P. Morgan to invest $150,000 in the construction of a 200-foot radio tower on Long Island. The tower was to form the basis of Tesla’s broadcasting system, but Morgan pulled his money out of the project after Marconi’s 1901 transmission. Tesla could not convince Morgan to reconsider, and debts eventually forced Tesla to sell his tower.
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